The Holy Spirit, Fire of Divine Love by Wilfrid Stinissen

Author:Wilfrid Stinissen
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Spiritual & Religion
ISBN: 9781681497389
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2017-01-12T05:00:00+00:00

The Third Rule: Peace

In Latin the word for peace is pax, and pax comes from the word pangere, to join. Peace is the condition where everything is in its right place, where harmony reigns. If you have peace, you no longer feel like a collection of scattered pieces. You have become “whole”. Everything is joined together.

The voice of the Spirit always creates inner harmony. He does not bring about alienation. The one who obeys him feels he has become more himself, that he has received a genuine “identity” and a greater rootedness.

The entire Gospel gives witness to this. Zachariah prophesies about Jesus that “through the tender mercy of our God. . . the day shall dawn upon us from on high. . . to guide our feet in the way of peace” (Lk 1:78–79). “Peace I leave with you”, says Jesus (Jn 14:27). And he greets with the words: “Peace be with you” (Jn 20:19, 21, 26).

But it is wise to have a little patience and not draw hasty conclusions. It can happen that the Spirit’s voice creates a holy restlessness at first. For example, it is typical for a religious vocation often to give rise to feelings of resistance. But if the vocation is genuine, it will afterward lead to a deep peace. Throw a magnet into iron filings. The first reaction is a great stir. This is because the small particles are set in motion by the magnet and hurry to take up their new position.

If you wish to know if it is the Spirit speaking, wait a little while, and see if joy and peace are lasting. This rule can also be formulated in the reverse: If you heeded an impulse that you believed to be from the Holy Spirit but never experienced peace in it, you were mistaken and must admit that this impulse cannot have come from the Holy Spirit.

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